It was a fantastic underdog performance, reminiscent of Susan Boyle’s story. A classical 8 piece rock band that combines some of the hottest music of today – performing on one of the most do-or-die stages, Britain’s Got Talent. The songs they perform, in order, are: Black Eyed Peas ‘I Gotta Feeling’ Flo Rida ‘Low’ Beyonce → Read More
Back in 2005, I read an article that changed the way I perceived the orchestra, it was titled “How pop and television damage our culture”. While I don’t agree with the headline, in fact, I strongly disagree with it, there was one quote that I always referred back to: “We have five opera houses; Germany → Read More
It’s all about branding, right? Well, as we remake our website, we need a new favicon. And to give you an idea of what the website, cd’s, and all are going to be branded around, here’s a picture: So here are 2 ideas I had: But I’m not happy with them. Favicons are too tiny → Read More
I love seeing young children conduct music – its very funny to watch how happy they are and how they sporadically interpret what they hear. Here are two videos showing how they always do one of two things when conducting: 1.) Totally confused on what to do, and a blank stare: Home to Australia, The → Read More
This is an awesome orchestra video: The Portland Cello Project arranged “All of the Lights” by Kanye West. It’s a great arrangement, that isn’t too ‘thick or busy’. I especially like the percussion in this. The simple orchestration leaves it somewhere to build up and grow. According to Rap-Up, “All of the Lights” is Kanye’s → Read More
